Roundup
Once again, so much news:
(1) Trump comes to the UN and he tells them what he really thinks.
BREAKING – At the United Nations, President Trump:
– Called for protections for Christians
– Eviscerated the UN for funding mass migration into the US and western countries
– Said Europe must stop adopting Sharia Law
– Harshly criticized globalism
– Slammed the UN for its climate alarmism
– Scorched countries for funding Russia’s war
– Promoted fossil fuels
– Urged countries stop falling for the “Green Scam”
– Said the UN doesn’t back up its words with any meaningful action on issues that matter
– Preached American exceptionalism and said none of their countries come close
– Demanded an end to biological weapons
– Concluded by urging UN members to protect their national identities by clamping down on mass migration and serving their peopleAnd of course, clowned the UN for its escalator breaking in the lobby and the teleprompter not working.
Hard to argue with any of that.
(2) I wrote about this briefly in today’s previous post, but I thought I’d mention it again: Kimmel’s been reinstated, but Nexstar says “no thanks,” so many local stations won’t be carrying him.
(3) Pacific Island nations seem to be pro-Israel. When I read that, I wondered why. Here’s the answer I got:
Explanations of this anomaly have rightly placed emphasis upon the intensely Christian character of Pacific societies.
Adherence rates in most Pacific countries sit above 90%. Across the region, Israel and Judaism are exalted as the sacred foundations of their faith. Governments drawn from these societies duplicate these views, which are then borne out in international forums such as the UN.
… [In] Melanesia … local people now advance the claim they have descended from these dispersed [Israelite] tribes, a strategy designed to ensure their salvation
In a variety of ways, people have woven Jewish people, their sacred geography, and the state of Israel, into their own kinship networks.
This may occur directly, as communities assert membership of the ten lost tribes of Israel. …
The kinship connection may also occur indirectly, through expressions of spiritual affinities with Jewish people. In any case, it is in a truly Pacific manner that kinship networks have opened and then closed around those things they wish to extract value from.
They also get US aid. But so do plenty of countries that vote pro-Palestinian.
(4) Trump also had a seemingly cordial meeting with Zelensky, and made a statement that he (Trump) thinks NATO nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that enter their space.
(5) A jury in Florida found would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh guilty on all charges.
Routh served as his own lawyer, which isn’t usually a good career move. This seems to have been the case for Routh as well:
Jurors on Tuesday delivered a guilty verdict for Ryan Routh on all charges after he attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last September.
After the verdict was read, Routh reportedly appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen before four U.S. Marshals restrained him.
His daughter, Sara Routh, reportedly stood up and said:
“Don’t do anything. I will get you out. What the f—, f—, he didn’t hurt anybody. This is not fair. This is all rigged – you guys are a–holes.” The jury was still in the room at the time.
Routh, 59, was charged on five federal criminal counts, including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, and multiple firearms offenses.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Stab himself in the neck with a pen? Is this some sick Charlie Kirk reference? As for the daughter, has she never heard of the idea of an attempt? As best I can recall, Routh was lying in wait with a weapon and was only stopped by an alert Secret Service agent. According to Google’s AI, here’s the definition of “attempt” in the legal sense:
The legal definition of “attempt” in criminal law is the specific intent to commit a crime and taking a “substantial step” toward its completion, even though the crime is not actually carried out. This substantial step is defined as conduct that is strongly corroborative of the actor’s intent to complete the crime, and it must go beyond mere planning or preparation.
I think Routh’s behavior fits that definition quite well.
And, in a strange foreshadowing of the Tyler Robinson texting “confession” to his roommate-lover, here’s what Routh had done:
The government delivered its closing argument first, with prosecutor Christopher Browne telling the court that the suspect had planned to kill Trump “for a long, long time.”
“It is not every case where the defendant writes his intent down on a piece of paper,” Browne said during his closing statement.
Browne was referring to note Routh wrote before he was arrested and left in a box at a friend’s home in North Carolina. It was addressed “To the World” and stated plainly, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.”
(2) Netscape says no, but Firefox is OK with it.
(fun typo, delete my dumb comment when you fix it)
sharksauce:
Not sure what comment you’re referring to.
On #2: That’s Nexstar, not Netscape.
Karoline Leavitt points to an article from Sun. last
“To mark Trump’s arrival, UN staff members have joked that they may turn off the escalators and elevators and simply tell him they ran out of money, so he has to walk up the stairs.”
https://x.com/PressSec/status/1970572584962895888
This post is related to (1) in re Trump’s visit to the UN.
The authorities aren’t saying if anyone person, country, or the whole institution might be the intended target, and isn’t really clear about what actually occurred, as there were no arrests and no information on how the investigation discovered the network.
However, it is clear that there may indeed be large organized “secret lairs” of malicious actors ala the evil conspiracies in the movies and comic books.
https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-takes-down-imminent-threat-as-un-leaders-meet-in-new-york-10474480
I’m reading some other posts around the web on it but they look similar.
The Washington Examiner added “The Secret Service led the investigation in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, the Justice Department, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the New York City Police Department.”
They all seem to be pulling from the official announcement, but these lines were omitted by the media I’ve seen.
https://www.secretservice.gov/newsroom/releases/2025/09/us-secret-service-dismantles-imminent-telecommunications-threat-new-york
“While forensic examination of these devices is ongoing, early analysis indicates cellular communications between nation-state threat actors and individuals that are known to federal law enforcement.”
” The U.S. Secret Service’s Advanced Threat Interdiction Unit, a new section of the agency dedicated to disrupting the most significant and imminent threats to our protectees, is conducting this investigation. This investigation is currently ongoing.”
More on Trump’s complaints about the escalator and teleprompter, which require that you believe the UN’s explanations. Invoke the 3-day rule even for trivia?
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/united-nations-un-sabotage-trump-teleprompter-escalator-lbxzh8bfq
Conspiracy theories on the Right, mockery on the Left, business as usual.
https://newrepublic.com/post/200833/trump-team-messed-up-un-escalator-teleprompter
Not exactly what The Times reported; scoop or invention?
Such thoughts by Trump about the UN would have been called provocative back in the day. I suppose the left will still call them that. The truth is, they’re all too true.
Unfortunately, the many nations that vote against us most of the time, will continue to do so. The UN had some promise, but the Communist nations and the Muslim majority nations have combined to try to bring down the West. The Dis-United Nations is what it is. Just another battleground in their war on the West.
Trump suggests that nations work to improve the lot of their citizens and not prey on one another. They don’t comprehend. For the big aggressors, the only thing that matter is to destroy the West – we’re standing in their way. Thank goodness Trump understands that.
I think Routh was trying to get off as being too incompetent to be judged guilty. He failed. Although he might get another trial where he’s forced to use a defense attorney. An appeals court may say he didn’t hat he didn’t have a competent defense.
As to the Pacific Island countries. I was interested some years back when I had a conversation with one of our government’s reps that oversees the money given to them.
They were our allies during the march through the Pacific during WWII. We have proven to be a staunch friend. Many of those islands would be uninhabited or poverty stricken without our aid.
That they are also deeply Christian has been another reason why the aid has continued.
Claudia Cardiinale has passed, RIP. b.1938
Re Pacific Island Christianity:
Long ago Mrs. Otter and I honeymooned in Fiji, stayed for two wonderful weeks. We immediately discovered that the indigenous Fijians (i.e. Melanesians) are among the world’s most devout Christians. We spent most of our time on a tiny beautiful island, a virtual tropic paradise, and on Sunday mornings the island’s Fijian inhabitants attended church service in their open-wall palm frond-roof church — everyone attended and when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE. Entire families. And holy smokes, they had a good time. They would sing hymns in harmony, half-singing half-chanting, clapping and raising their hands (“lifting the roof”), and swaying joyfully. They were Methodists and they were true and joyful believers.
I learned that they were converted by Methodist missionaries who came the islands in the 1800s. The missionaries encouraged the preservation of Fijian traditions and social structure with one important exception: they got the Fijians to give up on head-hunting and cannibalism. The Fijians, being very exuberant (and formerly warlike) people took up rugby instead, with great relish and enthusiasm. They are among the best rugby players in the world and because they are a huge people — I’ve never seen so many really big people in one place — their brand of rugby is characterized more by its physicality than finesse. They are also incredibly friendly and seem perpetually happy. Not least, they are ace practitioners of jungle warfare. In World War II they served with the Marines as scouts and behind-the-lines commandos, and the Japanese were terrified of them.
When we visited a number of years ago, we found that a number of the people are Mormons. I have no idea how that plays with being pro Israel.
As for the escalator, sounds like someone at the UN was being very petty and childish. Trying to blame a member of Trumps group is ridicules
https://x.com/pastsmartlink/status/197059429141307837
Video clip at link.
sharksauce:
Got it now, will fix.
Unless you really want me to take down your previous joke, I’ll leave it up. I think it’s kind of funny.
Re the Secret Service bust of the rogue telecom network, radio host Chris Plante interpreted the press release to point to the Chinese, and Mexican drug cartels as the culprits.
Sundance (and I) also noticed something:
He also shows a tweet from Kristi Noem from February , which starts with “The FBI is so corrupt.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/09/23/u-s-secret-service-dismantles-telecommunications-threat-in-advance-of-president-trump-u-n-speech/#more-276337
@Shirehome > “When we visited a number of years ago, we found that a number of the people are Mormons. I have no idea how that plays with being pro Israel.”
LDS doctrines are very specific about recognizing, and appreciating, the important role of the Jewish people in setting up the conditions for the birth of the Savior, and we maintain a Center for Near Eastern Studies in Jerusalem.
There are more details about our theological connections to ancient and modern Israel available in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
Historically, some of the earliest foreign (non-US) missionaries of the LDS Church went to the Pacific islands, and first temple outside the continental US (#5) was built in Hawaii in 1919. The New Zealand temple was #11 to be constructed. All of the islands are represented in our missionary force these days, and you can find Fijians, Tongans, and Samoans even in Denver. We usually have to collect hats, coats, and gloves for them in the winter. 🙂
Not everyone accepts the premises of and prophecies about that connection, but that’s nothing new.
https://eom.byu.edu/index.php?title=Zionism
Hyde hit 4 out of 5, speaking 55 years before the more prominent, and eventually successful, movement to restore the Jewish homeland began.
https://honestreporting.com/founding-fathers-israel/
@ selfy > “However, in this operation the FBI were conspicuously kept in the dark.”
Even if the Feebs didn’t have a role in the roll-up, I would suspect that Director Patel was at least in the information loop, if only to keep his people in the dark and out of the way.
More details in this post (h/t commenter at Treehouse)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/09/23/secret-service-busts-massive-network-capable-of-crippling-new-yorks-cell-network/
The USA cannot leave the UN fast enough.
The UN just provides a mouthpiece for all the bad guy, thug dictators and allows terrorist groups access to millions – intentional or otherwise – of $$$$ used to create havoc.
Example #1: what has the UN done in regards to the Russian invasion of Ukraine??
And: ZERO
The UN is useless.
The Pen is mightier than the Firearm.
My guess would be that China is behind it.
Great summary of Trump at the UN.
Trump on the issues is why I love him so much. Yeah, stuff like Jimmy Kimmel and Rosie are distractions but that’s a small price to pay on how effective he has been in such a short time.
Am I understanding this correctly?
Trump had a reported 15 minute speech set up on the teleprompter and, when the teleprompter didn’t work (and was perhaps sabotaged), he instead gave an hour long, apparently extemporaneous, all-encompassing speech, in which, among other things, he praised the nation state, and lambasted the UN, it’s policies, it’s ineffectiveness, and inaction, Globalism, “Climate Change,” and the Green Energy Scheme, out of control and especially–UN paid for–Immigration, as well as many of it’s members, and their policies.
He took ’em to the woodshed, and beat ’em with a two by four.
So, if the above is true, an attempt to thwart and embarrass Trump resulted, instead, in a spectacularly bad result for the UN, and several of it’s members.
Snow on Pine: he made lemonade out of lemons?! And there were undoubtedly a number of sour expressions from the lemons holding UN ambassadorships or staff positions from some of those countries.
And no one dared to provide a heckler’s veto!!
I doubt he will be able to pump up or reform the UN as he seems to want to do with NATO, but who knows!!?? America First, but not necessarily alone, is a great position from which to expound.
@ R2L > “America First, but not necessarily alone, is a great position from which to expound.”
I’m liking Trump more and more as time goes on.
He seems to have matured out of the comedic television personality he presented as in 2015 and the first years of his presidency.
Being persecuted by the US government and pretty much every other institution in the country will do that for you.